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Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

IDF finds killed Gaza hostages' SOS sign, chief says incident was avoidable • IDF publishes names of four more soldiers killed in Gaza

Cracks in the Israeli “War Cabinet” that were visible since its formation following the Hamas Operation al Aqsa Flood on Oct 7, 2023 have deepened further as Palestinian resistance groups stand firm on the ground and Gaza refused to fall even after 34 days of relentless bombings.

Murdered at the Supernova rave, October 7, 2023

Ben-Gvir announced last week that his party was not going to attend Knesset votes until it is given "significant influence" over the government's national security policy.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid on Wednesday announced that he is planning on boycotting the Yom Ha'atzmaut torch-lighting ceremony "despite his love of

Netanyahu's spokesperson Yonatan Urich reportedly urged the Histadrut to launch the strike to give Netanyahu a reason to stop the legislation.

The attorney-general has failed to answer the appeal because Netanyahu himself had failed to give her an explanation as to why the appointment was indeed reasonable.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said the government will seek to shut down the public-service broadcaster Kan and privatize Army Radio.

From the blog of Alex Rose at The Times of Israel